Causeway Coast and Glens Council will provide a report on the borough’s street sweeping schedule at next month’s meeting.

It follows a notice of motion by DUP councillor Darryl Wilson at March’s Environmental Services Committee meeting, requesting that the Director of Environmental Services, Aidan McPeake, provide a detailed report outlining the current sweeping arrangements across the borough’s four main towns; Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady and Ballycastle.

The notice added: “The report should include the current street sweeping schedule for each of the above towns, the number of mechanical sweepers in operation in each area, the number of staff assigned to street sweeping duties in each area, details of the routes that are taken within each town, how these routes and operations are recorded and monitored, [and] the frequency with which each route is swept, including the number of times per year each route is scheduled for cleaning.

“The purpose of this request is to provide clarity on the allocation of resources and operational coverage of street sweeping services across the borough’s main towns.”

In response to Councillor Wilson’s motion, Council’s Director of Environmental Services agreed to return a report on the street sweeping schedule across the borough. CREDIT PIXABAY

placeholder image — In response to Councillor Wilson’s motion, Council’s Director of Environmental Services agreed to return a report on the street sweeping schedule across the borough. CREDIT PIXABAY

Councillor Wilson said a number of residents in his his Ballymoney DEA had contacted him and voiced confusion about the sweeping service.

He said: “It was my understanding that we would have had some sort of schedule in place, and if we don’t that’s something we could maybe work with the staff towards reinstating.”

In response Mr McPeake said he was unable to return a report to the committee meeting due to the “size and scale” of the request, but would prepare one for April’s full council meeting.